The Castle of Montalbán

Phone: 925419629 (Ayuntamiento)

Website: www.sanmartindemontalb...

Location

Some seven kilometres from the town. The castle is reached via a path that leads towards the river (to the left) from the local CM-4009 road that links the villages of San Martín de Montalbán and Puebla de Montalbán.

Type of monument

Forts

Period

12th century.

Art style

Romanesque.

How to get there

Road transport

The Castillo de Montalbán, according to the description in the Corpus de castillos medievales de Castilla (Castile Medieval Castle Corpus Document), is a Christian work from the 12th century, carried out by the Knights Templars, who must have received the concession from Alfonso VII at the same time as he gave them the great square in Calatrava, although many writers consider that it was built upon another fortress of Moorish origin.

It is a large fortress surrounded to the east and north by the River Torcón that passes by at a great depth, which made it unnecessary to build defences in this part. There are defences on the southern face and part of the east, comprising a long barbican.

The area is covered by four towers, of which those at the ends are rectangular, whilst the other two are flanking towers, pentagonal in shape and jutting far out.

The entrance is covered by a special barbican.

Hardly anything remains inside, merely some dungeons and some rooms in one of the towers.

Timetables

Saturdays from 8.30am to 3pm.
Closed from 1st February until 30th May.